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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031947171 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • afroasia_agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "YAHOOLOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <yahoolotto114@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:39:50 -0700
Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


[image: Yahoo! Lottery]<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12j3beaqm/M=251521.4110776.5321503.4005595/D=lottery/S=25942828:HEADR/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1144952688/A=1827261/R=3/SIG=10q6fuoc8/*http://lottery.yahoo.com>
THE YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC

YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te
United Kingdom.


*Dear, Sir/Madam

YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Yahoo Lottery Intl Inc programs
held on the 8th of April 2006 in London. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 31-6-2613357, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($250,000) for the month of April 8th
2006 lottery win promotion which is organized by MSN & YAHOO LOTTORY INTL
INC .Every month.

YAHOO, collects all the E MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to
yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, altavista, and others online, among the
billions that subscribe to us only five people will be merge for winnings we
only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for
having been one of the lucky people that won for this month..

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

you are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim,
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited and retrieved
These are your identification numbers.... *
*
**

These numbers are your winning identification numbers, that you will
send to your claims agent,send identification and details of claim to.*
**
***Mr. Patrick . C . Gill *
*Email:afroasia_agent@yahoo.co.uk*
*Tel:+445600011543 +447031947171
Fax:+448704900678 :+44712475425

You are therefore advise to fill the form and send to the Clams Agent to
facilitate them to process the transfer of your fund without delay.


* *Serial number 5388/02 *
*Draw numbers: 31-6-2613357*
*Ticket number: 56475600545 188 *
*Batch number.....................Lwh 09102
Lotto number.......................Lwh35447
Winning number...................Lwh09788 *
**
*Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet
representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your won prize will be released to you by any of our payment Banks in
Africa or it's correspndence Bank in UK .Our Africa agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.*
*

To file for your claim,You are required to fill the form below and have it
return to the claim agent immediately.

VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM

ATTN: ONCE AGAIN WE THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE YAHOO INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY WE
ARE CONGRATULATING YOU FOR YOUR WINNINGS, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PROCESS
YOUR WINNINGS, YOU ARE TO FILL AND RETURN THE VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE
FORM BELOW TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

VERIFICATION AND CLERANCE FORM

1. FULL NAMES:__________________________________(BENEFICIARY NAME)

2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

3. SEX:_______________

4. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH::_________________________________

5. MARITAL STATUS:________________________________________

6. OCCUPATION:________________________

7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9. FAX NUMBER::_____________________

A. BATCH NUMBER:____________________SERIAL NO:____________________

B. TICKET NUMBER:____________________ DRAW NO:________________

C. LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ WINNING NO:____________________

10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

11. AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

12. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:________________________________

13. NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS:________________________________

14:DATE NOTIFIED __________________________________

15:PASSPORT NO:________________________________________
please attach a scanned copy of your international passport, Driver's
licence .

DECLARATION:

I...............................................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORSEEN CIRCUSTANCE,
MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS. (OVERSEAS
SUBCRIBERS AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE
TOTAL FUND TO ME.
DATE:
YOUR FULL NAMES:

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, Our agent will proceed for proper
verification and furnish you with the contact information of the
payment Bank in the region where your winning numbers fall within so you can
proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL TILL
CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING.ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENCIAL DISQULIFIES
YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BUT ONLY
CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT AS DIRECTED.

Congratulations!! Once more.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Darryn Clarke
LOTTERY CO ORDINATOR*
**
[image: Yahoo! Lottery Results] <http://lottery.yahoo.com/>

*Security Advice :At The Yahoo International Lottery we understand the
importance of security. That's why we've created highly secure facilities to
give you confidence during our promotions programs or when you play our
games online, on TV via Sky Active or using your mobile phone to play by
text.*

*Warning: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be using Yahoo
International Lottery addresses, but are not from us. If you receive similar
email that is not from us, kindly disregard/discard it immediately. Do NOT
reply any such email but genuine email from us via this email address. Our
security pages that will give you more information about current scams and
what measures you can take to protect yourself.*

Anti-fraud resources:

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